Etsy, the popular marketplace for independent artists that want to sell their crafts and handmade goods around the world, announced Wednesday it will go public, filing its S1 with the SEC. The company sold almost $2 billion worth of merchandise last year, but that's small fries compared to the bigger direct or consumer-to-consumer (C2C) e-commerce marketplaces out there, including eBay, and Ali...

The Physical Cookie is a device which could bring targeted digital marketing capabilities to city malls and shopping centres worldwide.In the face of evermore advanced e-commerce algorithms, the smartest brick and mortar outlets are borrowing from their online counterparts to create hybrid shopping experiences that incorporate the best of both worlds. We have already seen Kate Spade’s interact...

Creatura is an ultra pure cola made from the finest all natural ingredients. Bottled in a super sexy, ergonomic package, Creatura makes a statement of quality from the first sip.I’m a massive sucker for good packaging. I’d buy just about anything if it were packaged well. The Creatura line of beverages appeals to that side of me. And it would probably give me less of a guilt trip, knowing tha...

Adeptia has compiled a really cool infographic that covers many aspects of big data. The graphic covers different data sizes, how big data works at big companies, the history and future of big data along with how big data affects our daily lives.Infographic : http://infographicjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Big_Data_Infographic_Adeptia1.png[adeptia]

Humans spend over a third of their lives asleep, but it is often disrupted and of poor quality. Smart home inventors have finally turned their attention to improving slumber, offering users the ability to track not only the biological factors that affect their rest but also the environmental issues at play. These devices bring big data to bear on an age-old problem: getting a good night’s slee...

Whether in a tech-savvy metropolis or a city where the town square is still the communication hub, local news matters deeply to the lives of residents. Across three disparate metro areas in the U.S., nearly nine-in-ten residents follow local news closely?and about half do so very closely, according to a new, in-depth Pew Research Center study. During a period of tremendous technological change?...

Color EPD displays save Sainsbury's store employees time.Working at a supermarket involves the kind of sisyphean drudgery that never gets done, like changing little paper or plastic price tags under items that will only have to be changed again in a matter of weeks as store arrangements and prices change.But stores are always trying to find ways to save employees some time, for better or worse,...

As the global advertising market surpassed half a trillion US dollars in 2014, the United States remains unchallenged both in terms of total and per capita ad spend. According to Strategy Analytics, advertising expenditure reached $181 billion in the United States last year, almost eclipsing the combined ad spend of the remaining Top 10 ad markets. In terms of per capita ad spend, the US lead i...

The handcrafted marketplace cited losing its authenticity as a risk factor in its regulatory filing Wednesday.Etsy, the online marketplace for handcrafted and vintage goods, has filed for an initial public offering that is banking on the continued appetite for new Internet stocks.Reports speculated that the company could be valued in the public markets $2 billion. It said in a regulatory filing...